By Ochuko Akuopha There is palpable tension at Uzere Kingdom, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, over an alleged plot by a section of the community to bring back the traditional ruler (Ovie), HRM Isaac Udogri, who was deposed and his palace razed, eight years ago. The community installed a parallel monarch, HRM Henry […]

From dawn, before the sun starts to sear the earth, Biltamnu Sani is already hard at work in Zamfara, pounding away at the dusty soil in his perilous quest for gold. The mineral-rich earth of Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, has provided generations of families with the means to make ends meet. Never easy, it is […]

The lagoon waters at the port entrance to Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, are usually teeming with small fishing boats. But the bustling waterfront slums of Lagos are now quiet after the navy evicted tens of thousands of residents from their homes in recent weeks. The evictions are highlighting tensions over real estate in the megalopolis […]

Medical doctor, hotel staff, Uber driver among suspects I was promised N2m – accomplice By Evelyn Usman Emotion ran high at Ogombo forest, Ajah, Lagos, where the decomposing body of popular Abuja businessman, Chief Hyginus Odunukwe, was recovered, following a startling revelation by the prime suspect, Daniel Bob Ibeaji, on how the businessman was lured […]

…Arrests 12 suspects, commence manhunt for 10 other suspects. …Recovers 7 Stolen Flat Screen TVs …Suspects confess to perpetrating robberies By Kingsley Omonobi and Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Residents of Kubwa, the largest district of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, are now living in fears following the constant armed robbery attacks. Specifically, the armed […]

By Iteveh Ekpokpobe Tony Obuh is gone. He left in a casket suitable for a king. At three scores and three, he had lived it all. A revered technocrat, he was laid to rest amongst kindred spirits. Eyes beheld rare happenings on Friday. The Delta State Government House was moved to Agbor. I did see […]

Dayo Johnson – Akure Chairman of the South West governors forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has vowed that the six governors would pursue operation Amotekun to a logical conclusion. Apparently reacting to the pronouncement of the Federal government that the concept was illegal, Akeredolu who spoke at the 2020 armed forces remembrance day celebration in Akure, the […]

Professor Pat Utomi describes the genocide as only second to the holocaust. And this happened on our shores. As JP Clark aptly put it in his poem, The Casualties , the casualties were not only those who died. Many of us were. Millions were killed. Pregnant women were decapitated. Innocent civilians mowed down. I am one of those John Pepper Clark wrote about in his poem.

For more than two decades after his asylum application was rejected, Sunny found a safe haven aboard the buses that zigzag across London at night. What’s it like to spend every night on the lower decks? Sunny waits patiently, wind penetrating his well-worn jacket and the winter cold biting at his extremities. It’s past midnight […]

…As LASG vows to step up enforcement on Okoda menace By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has revealed that over 1500 accidents involving tricycles and motorcycles were reported from 2015 till 2019 with 689 victims dead and over 250 injured across the state. Therefore, the state government has vowed to embark on full enforcement […]